Seattle is so health-conscious that they have taken the smoking ban just a tad bit too far. When April Fools Day rolls around on April 1st, you won't be able to take out your cigarettes and smoke them in public parks. And, unfortunately, this does not look like a clever April Fools Day joke put out by the Seattle Parks Department.

The punishment doesn’t necessarily fit the crime either. First, you get a warning or get banned from the park for the day. Of course, you could probably just go to another park, but aren’t parks for the public to enjoy? Aren’t parks outside? And, isn’t there enough room for non-smokers to avoid that nasty second-hand smoke?

If you think you are exempt for this just because you are a tobacco chewer, think again- this includes you, too.

The prohibition comes directly from the Seattle City Parks Department’s “Code of Conduct” which seems to be mostly reasonable for the most part and prohibits things such as selling drugs or carrying weapons, which we can probably all agree are good regulations.

Other items mentioned on the Code of Conduct list include, “not annoying animals”-Yogi Bear would have liked that one- and the rather ambiguous, “Behavior that impedes the use of a restroom by park visitors or users of park facilities” which I definitely don’t want to consider too graphically.

The rules also prohibit defecating and/or urinating in unsanctioned places.